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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02
\ wyoming Csouslburst.

OF all the phenomena of the country the
aerial are the most curious and uncertain
Your first impression of a great sand land
draw is that it Ii the result Of years Of
gradual washing, BUT the interruption of
an old trail hundreds of yards from its
head soon ends the beautiful theory, and "A
companion will show you a yawning gulch
formed at the beck OF a single cloudburst,
whose discharge win fill the draw half
full in an instant and raise a rivulet to
which il IL tributary twenty feet I'm as
many minutes. The duration of irrigat-
ing improvements upon such streams is
usually six nnonths. Then at no moment
are you cert;tin-rain out of clear sky,
clouds below you, In the midst of clouds,
riding below the clouds, and AT the edge
of a storm and avoiding it-aIl these
things so preposterous in well formed
storm centers as we are accustomed to see
them in the east are among the common
things here, where nature is scarcely old
enough to be comely, or experienced
enough to practice temperance. Think of
hail stones Us big as your fist and of their
effect upon a growing erop.-Wyoming
Cor. Detroit Free Press.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02
THE DAILY NEWS



A Bsstonian, who has just returned
from flying trip to Portland, Ore, re-
lates how he left Chicago with the mer-
curry ut zero, and went on to find it con-
stantly sinking, until with two locomo-
tives it was difficult to get up steam
enough to drag the train; and with roar
ing fire In the cars ii was still necessary
to keep muffied in furs to be anything
nearly comfortable. He says that in
crossing snowy plains through Dakota,
when everybody was bundled up to the
eyes, man accustomed to the country
suddenly threw back his heavy ulster col
lar, exclaiming:
There, we've struck a Chinook wind.
Now we are all right. I'm going out on
the platform.
Those not accustomed to the idiosyn-
crasies of the American climate in that
especial locality regarded the man rs be
side himself, but when the platform was
visited by the more sa.tag ones 1t was
discovered that the temperature was that
Of mild spring day. The snow every
where was visibly melting with much
rapidity, and the mysterious wind seemed
to have blown in - new season. The name
of this warm breeze is the same rs that OF
tribe of Indians of British Columbia,
who perhaps manufacture it, and it Is said
to be so warm that it destroys three or
four feet of snow in single night. The
gentleman who relates this thermic yoy-
age closes by relating how when he ar
rived at Portland pansies We're blooming
in the garden beds, and mildness had pos
session of the land; an ending which is
especially effective in these frozen days
Providence Journal
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02

Under AND BY VIRTUE OF DECREE
OF foreclosure, made nv the Hon. Thss.
h. Ming the 3lst day of December. Isso, in
"A certain cause in chanceFy for Putnam
County, Ftorifa whereia John II. Dunn i
cumpla inant. and Luis L. Wilson, George 4.
Rick n-tne. e. j Burroughs, T. r. Cleveland
and w w. Cley. land are defendants, and ty
which decree am appointed n Soeci-I Master
in Chancery To execute said decree, l VIII
offer for sale at public auction. to the higt est
bidder. for cash, betweea the usual hours of
sale, ON MONDAY. the stn day of App il,
-lS.- the same being thu ssle Gay for 81 id
unonth. in front of the front door of the
Court HorIse in PaIafka. Florida. the follow
ing described real estate in Putnam County.
FLORIDA to-wu: Section forsy-eIgbt of Town
ship uine, south of Ksnxe twenty seven e sst,
and bounded as follows. viz: Beginning At .
Iightwood post arked with a croee. said pest
being set the edge of the Forrester Point
public road. GA the east boundary of lands
owned nv ons :. G. Warner. the nee north
twenty four CHAINS a lishtwooi post in the
margin OF the swamp. marked with = cross:
thence east twenty chains tn a lghtwocd
post marked with a cross. thence south thirty
chains To a tignt~ od post marks y ith a
crp>s and set the edge Off tbs. For roster
Point public read. thence along rhe edge OF
said roa, twenty eh.ii to the point of he
ginning said &, act containing ainut uf' y-nye
/
Purchaser pay for aeed-
j. E- BALDWIN.
4tw-4s Special Mast r I'm Chaneerv-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02
Preparation of Sherbet.

The beverage in Persia is sherbet,
which is plentifully supplied, and OF
which there are many varieties-from the
bowl Of water with a squeeze of lemon to
the clear concentrated juice of any sort of
fruit to which water is added to dilute it.
Preparing sherbet, which is done with the
greatest care, is very important point
in 50 thirsty II country as Persia, and one
upon which much time is devoted. IL
may be either expressed from the juice of
fruit freshly gathered or from the pre-
served extract of pomegranates, cherries
or lemons, mixed with sugar, and sub
mitte<i TO a certain degree of heat To pre-
serve it for winter consumption.
Another sherbet is much drank, which
| must not omit To mention, called guam
gebben, made from the honey OF the
tamarisk tree. This honey is not the
work of the bee, but the produce of u
small insect or worm living i'm vast mum
hers under the leaves of the shrub. Dur
ing the months of August and September
the insect is collected and the honey is
preserved. When used for sherbet 1t is
mixed with vinegar, and although not so
delicious as that made from fruit, il makes
an excellent temperance beverage. Only
among the rich and fashionable are
glasses used; in ali other classes sherbet
Is served ia china bowls, and drank from
deep wooden spoons carved in pearwood.
-Belgravia.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02

Pushed as the writer always is to the
highest rate of speed which he commands,
he must bend every energy to the task.
Brain and muscle must be strained to the
utmost to accomplish their work, and, the
notes completed, he must set to work with
assduity to transcribe them for use, a
task requiring, as he knows, four times
the period occupied by the dictation, but
which fact many otherwise intelligent
masters ARE frequently unable to eompre-
bend. The strangest experience of short
hand writers is the inability of the EN-
ployer to understand the difference be-
tween "A spoken and written language as
To the proportion of time required to pro-
duce them respectively, and the annoy
ance which Is the outgrowth of this ignor-
ance is one of the peculiar hardships of
the shorthand writer.
IL il as though n messenger should be
required to emulate racehorse in celer-
ity of motion. He therefore bends all his
energies 10 hasten his transcript, and his
days work leaves him fatigued beyond
any of his fellow clerks. For this reason
the work il not adapted to women. The
strain is too great, and although in some
instances good constitution may enable
the worker to endure for years, injury is
sustained which is generally irreparable.
F. II. Fairbanks in the Journalist.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02

was in court when a colored man was
being tried for killing another colored
man, and, on asking why his jury was
wholly white, was told that he was given
the choice of being tried by his own color
or by whites, and he chose the whites
wisely. il seemed to me, as he got off with
seven years sentence, instead of life or
worse. While listening to the trial of
this ease every one, excepting u very few,
fastened out of the court room and down
stairs, and in few moments filed back
into their places. The judge remarked:
Gentlemen, the shock is past, and we
will proceed with the case" Yet / had
not felt any jar or tremor, but both white
and black natives are very sensitive re-
garding earthquakes; the one manifests it
by fear, and the other by nightly prayer
meetings ever since the great shock At
Morganton | was told that the colored
churches had not been closed since the
latter event. and that meetings were held
every night in the week--Raleigh Cor
Boston Transcript.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02
The R{ll Algayu Correct

II see you have got me down for burn
ing 1000 feet of gas in December" he
said as lac laid the bill down ON the coun-
ter.
.'Yes. December generally runs up the
gas bills.
But we were not at home in December
We left here ON the last day of November
and didn't get back until the 2d of Janu-
ary."
But the meter says you consumed It, I"
We'll, | can prove that the house was
shut up"
Ibid you find everything all right when
You returneds'
Yes, except that some one had broken
in and stolen IA few towels
All, that explains, I knew the meter
couldn't lie, You see, they had TO light
the gas to find the towels, and your bill is
Sorret t"-Detroit Free Press
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02

| believe that the use of calendars as an
advertisement is purely an invention of
the devil. and should like to organize a
religious crusade against them. At all
hours of the day my office is pestered with
n continuous stream of boys, who seem to
feel that they have been defraudel out of
their just and natural rights if their re-
quest, or rather demand, is refused. They
rush in noisily, and either shut the door
with a bang that shakes the very floor and
sets the desks dancing, or they leave it
half open until the room is filed with
draughts of cold air, when the thermom-
eter without is perhaps several degrees
below zero. of course the companies
themselves are most to be blamed They
vie with one another in getting up cards
that are really artistic, but | think ii
questionable whether they do any good in
business way, and j believe il about
time that the nuisance should he stopped.
Insurance Agent in Globe Democrat.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02
Masters Sale.

pY VIRTUE OF A FINAL DECREE OF
ID foreclosure and sale rendered by the Cir
cult Court of the Fifth judicial Circuit of Flor
ida i'm and for Putnam County. i'm certain
cause therein pending, wherein the Passlmpsic
Savings Bank of 81. Johnsbury, Vermont, il
complainant, and Charles X. Griffing and Jane
r. Grfffng are defendants, / have levied upon
and will offer for sale at public auction before
the Court House door in the city of Palatka, in
said county, on Monday, the second day of May,
I'M. ut u O'Clock noon, 10 the highest and
best bidder all the following lots parcels of
land or 50 much thereof may tie neccts-
sary to satisfy said decree, to-wit:
Being i'm the town of Crescent City, Putnam
County, Florida, and described ON plat of
said town on file in the Clerks office at Palatka,
lots one IN. two e. three -, and four ~, in
block twenty mine ~. lots one 0t. and two ~,
in block thirty-nine e9l, lots one ~. two -,
three 90, and four a.. in block
furty-tive tlS. hot three - in block
thirteen I'D, lots one ~ two -, three t.N, ami
four 90. in block hfty--even tIsl. containing
about one acre each Also grove lots 20. -. y.
~, lUl lut, ilu, ll5 ITO, IL, rs i;s Es LIZ lSi,
la i5. ld. lt-l. los l6g, Ia, each lot cuntain
ing ats az five acres. Terms cash
JUDSDN W WHITNEY,
Special Master iu Chanccry-
e. l. Robinson, Es'l-, tompiiinant- solicitor.
al2-&tS
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02
CONNECTIONS

CONNECTIONS.
A. Palafka with Jacksonville. Tampa 4 Key
West Railway, and st. Augustine and palatka
Railway. and fast river steamers for st. An.
gustine. Green Cove Springs, Jacksonville
and all points North. East and West.
Mail trains max close connection both way o
J. T. l. X. w. R'y., at Jacksonville with At
lani.c Coast Line, Fast Mail.
At Gainesville with through Pullman sleep
ers over Savannah. Florida Western R'y for
New Orleans, Pensacola, Savannah. Albany,
Montgomery. Louisville. st. Louis and all
points West.
At Ocala with orida hallway and Navigs-
tion Co., and 3. 3. U. q. X. II.
At Aston with st. Johns river steamers fer
Jacksonville Sanford and way landings.
At Leesburg with the st. Johns and Lake
Eustis division of the FLORIDA Southern Rail-
way, and boats on Lakes Harris. Eustis and
Grifin foi all points on Lakes.
At Tampa with steamships Mascoite and
Whitney every TUESDAY, Thursday aud satur-
day for Key West and Havana.
At L. keland with South Florids Raiir Dad
for Tampa. kissimmee. Orlando and Sanford.
At Trabue with steamer Alice Howard
for Punta Rassa and Fori Myers
b. COSAN1, u. W BhOMWRLL
General Manager. Genr Pas. Agent.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02
Multitudinous Paitry TwaddIers.

William Winter denies the authenticity
Of an alleged interview with him published
In a Boston paper. He says: For thirty
years l have l:bored in literature, and
have always respected and sustained the
dignity and honor of my profession. 1t
IL no light thing that | now find myself
entrapped and paraded one Of those
multitudinous paltry twaddlerS who fill
the newspapers with the slanor of their
CAB and cacklc and ettluvia Of their per-
sonal eonceit. New York Graphic.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02

The wax model of n normal human
body, which, under the auspices aud di-
rection of Councillor Professor Waldeyer,
II being made ut the Berlin School Of
Anatomy by sculptor Schuetz, was for the
first time used, fortnight ago, at one of
the medical courses. Its completion will
take some years yet; meanwhile the artist
is only allowed to work in Professor
Waldeyer's study. Thus far, no less than
seventy corpses have been required for
the accurate execution of the model -
Boston Transcript
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02

Three Trains between Jacksonville and SAN
ford. No change OF cars between Jackson
vile and TAMPA.
HE l2.N y, m. Cuban fast mail tram awaits
the arrival of the fast mail from the North,
and stoIs only at the principal stations and
at Lemon street, Palatka, mai ing connection
at To mfa with stea1 ers Tor Key West and
Havana on Tuesday. Thursday aI d Saturday
evenings. Pullman buffet Sleeping cars are
attached to this train II ON New York through
10 Tam ia, and the y. m. tram from Tampa
through 10 Washington. Other lrains have
Chair Parlor Cars.
Direct connection II made at Palatka with
the Florida Southern Hallway 10 and from
Gainesville, Ocaia, Ieesburg. and other points
reached 10y that road. A so with Ockiawaha
river steamers, and with the ST. Johns and
Halifax Hallway for Ormond. Das tona. etc.
AT Huntingt ton with stages for Crescent CITY:
mt Orange City Junction with u. =, %. &. N
III. by. tor Lake Helen, At Monroe Nth Orange
Iie.t Railway Tor Longwood and Oakland; AT
sanford for all points reached by South Flor
ida railroad.
Tram leaving Jacksonville $40 a. m. and
arriving s:iu y. IN. connect at Titusvi he with
Steamer "kockledge" To and from Cocoa,
Rockiedge, Melbourne aud intermediate land
lngs on lndi"n River. daily, except sunday.
City Ticket Office NV. cor. Bay and II ogan sts
III. Il. MORAN.
Gent supt. and q. T.. A.
l.. @. DEMING. A. ~. y. A.
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RAILROADS.
Savannah, Florida & Western
RAILWAY.
WAYCR0SS. SHORT LINE.

An trains OF this road are run b.. Contra.
standard time.
TIME CARD ~ sFFEcT pkcEaRRnb
Passenger trains will !, ave and arrys daily
ms follows.
WEST INDIA FAST MAIL
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02
ORANGE GROVES.
IN TIL L.
fIourishing Town of FEDERAL
POINT, Fla.

Which has the best soil and the be
transportation facilities of any part OF
East Florida, / have the following de
scribed properly for sale. to which l in
vite individual inspection before pur-
chasing:
One improved place OF St acres, sci
with $40 orange trees, in bearing. corr
rvising ESQ Maadarins, besides Japan
p. rsimmons, Peach and Plum Trees
finely finished Cottage Of Rooms,
with Driven Well and Rain water CHS
tern. Income this year $3.50. Price
Is, 500.
Also, one place of 90 acres, with nice
Cottage and Young Orange Grove of 5Ot
trees just coming into bearing. Price
% 200. Has driven " ell Of unfailing wa
ter.
Also. one young Orange Grove. of ten
acres, 900 trees, with river front. Pro
duced this year 80 boxes. Price. $1,000
Besides, one lot at Bridgeport. Fla OF
60 acres, 8 Of which have been cleared
with fine river front.
Also, unimproved land within the cor.
porate limits of Federal Point, Fla, and
other lands in st. Johns County, " hicf
is unsurpassed in fertility of soil.
Call and ace or address
J.F. TENNEY,
fel-1y Federal Point Fla.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02
FLORIDA SATURDAY MORNINGS April. 1887
MEDICAL.

school teachers. millners, seamsfresses. house
keepers. and over-worked women generally,
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription ID the oeee
of all restorative tonics. 1t Ia not q Cure-al
but admirably fulflls q singienese of purpose,
being q most potent Specific for all thoee
Chronic Weaknesses and Diseases peculiar to
women IL Ii a powerful general as well as
uterine. tonic and nervine. and imparts vigor
ing, weak back, nervous prostitution. debility
and sleeplessness. in either sex Favorite Pre-
scripeion Ia sold by druggists under our post
tire guarantee. See wrapper around bottle.
Price $780, or six Bottles for $500.
large treatise on Diseases of Women, pro-
fusely illustrated with colored plates and nu-
merous wood-cuts, sent for 10 cents in stamps-
Address, WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, 6sES Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
SICK HEADACHE, Bilious Headache,
and Constipation. promptly cured by
DIR. Pierce's Pellets. &c. Q vial,
by druggists.
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RAILROADS.
geeI5'}53;IlIlEaA
;I'!5 z.l|I;}Z
DIRECT ALL RAIL ROUTE
-BkTW kGN-
u WILLIE.

Green Core Spring. Poiafka. Gainesville.
0caia. tees60rs. DeLano. Enterprise.
TfusuIie. Sanf0ra. Sorrento, Tdydres.
sssHter Fart. Orlando. Tampa ano South
err SIors00.
JIa. IArLt ~ rtrt,T NOV. Ia. i-ea.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02

DATENTs sEcURFD ON REASONABLY
j TIE ms. Work reliHb q papers carefully
and legally drawn. Write for particulars.
l.. CoIIAnI ~, Patent Aftrfnsy and hecbnH
zeal Engineer. st Cloud building, Washing
TOR. u Zen ~
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02
NICANoPY AND CTR

Steamer A. }. Lane mskes daily round trips
on Lakes harris End 4, sits. Steamer Dis
patch makes daily round trips OF Lake Crit
I'm.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02
STEAM BOATS.
STEAMBOATS,.
DeBAKY.BAYA
Merchants and Peoples Lines.

DAYLIGHT LINE.
The Daylight Steamers Sylvan Glen and
Anita. of the Della " Baya e'chants' Line,
will commence running between Paatsa.
Sanford snd Enterprise, Monday, yanurry "a.
Iss. as follows;
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02

Arrive Lou sville Via l.. A n. II. ..... 10 y m
Pullman ts'iffet Cars 10 ana from Jackson
vile and n Orleans, Via Pensacola md Mo-
bile, and "a and from Jacksonville ard Louis
vile via homasviiie, Atlanta aud NASH Vile
and Cincinnati 90 zach sonyfiie via Jesupl
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02

h. X. MORAN.
Gen1. supt. and q. T.. A.
L. @. DEFINING. A. q. y. A.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-02
&C LINE EMPRESS
EAST FtoRIDA EXPRESS,

Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars. 90 and from
Jacksonville and New York, also Jacksonville
30 Cincinnati via JesuD.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-01
Burned to Dea1h.

MARIANA, Ark, March 1.-The cabin
occupied by negro named Burton and bis
family, consisting Of wife and three child.
rem, aged three, nine, and fourteen years.
burned yesterday morning early. The ne.
gro was awakened 10y portion of the roof
falling on the bed in which he was sleeping
and setting it on fire. He Immediately
Jumped and seized his three children, who
we're sleeping in the same room, and started
toward the door, but before he could reach
it another part of the roof fell in, knocking
his children from him He was unable to
find them again after a short search and had
to abandon them to save himself, which he
did by jumping out of window. The boys
we're overcome by The smoke ana were
burned to death. The mother was spending
the night al neighbours and knew nothing
of the terrible accident until morning Bur
ton was seriously buried.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-01
Taxing Pullman Cars.

New ORLEANS, La, March L.. Judge
Pardee, in the u S. Circuit Court, has given
Judgment for the plaintiff in the case of the
Pullman Palace Car Company W. the beard
of assessors Of The State OF Louisiana ct a /.
The suit was to enjoin the collection OF tie
tax assessed upon the cars Of the company
run upon the various railroads doing bu.
ness with New Orleans. In giving his dec.
sion Judge Pardee said that the company
having no standing in this State, and the
sleeping cars having no status they being
constantly in transit, the assessment upon
them was not legal, and therefore the tag
imposed could not not be collected
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-01
Letter from Faunuier.

The PLAINS, Va, Feb. 2Sth, 1SS7.-Our
farmers have been taking the advantage OF
the open weather for the last few weeks in
cleaning up ard making preparations for
their spring work, and good deal of moth
er earth has been turned to the sun in the
last ten days. The wheat is looking very
badly from the effects of the severe frost-it
being exposed all winter, scarcely any snow
to protect-in consequence OF which the
prospect for more than half crop is gloomy.
The Richmond and Danville Railroad COM
pany have purchased piece of ground from
Mr. G. Hultish at this place, on which to
erect very handsome and cOmmodious pas
sepger and freight depot, something that is
very much needed; and the accommodations
for passengers will certainly be highly APP
preciated by the travelling public.
Capt. Edward Carter our popular and
highly esteemed merchant, who was burnt
out, house and stock, during the Christmas
holidays and subjected to 81 very heavy loss,
over and above his insurance,is making prep
arations for rebuilding his store house, which
be expects to have completed and lay in his
stock in time for the spring trade. Capt c.
is q man of wonderful enterprise and bus!-
community.
The social club of this community con-
vened at the residence of Mr. j. H. Wash
ington, at this place, on last Wednesday
nig ht, and was handsomely and bril-.
liantly entertained and furnished a most
sumptnous repast, composed of all the deli
cacies of the season, which were lavish'y
dispensed in regular old Virginia style by
the host in a manner which did honor to
the worthy descendant of the Industrious"
and Immortal" George. Among the dis
tinguished individuals present were Mr. I.
B. Robertson, jr.. OF B0oad Run Station
DR.. J. 81. Cochran and Mr.. r. Murray, OF
this place. and Mr.. Fleming, of Washington
city.
Our roads throughout this section of our
county are in fearful condition, almost
impossible for man or beast, and the ex-
pressions are heard on all sides. ooh, for
good road, ""My kingdom for good road,
which we will never have until our road
commissioners change the present system OF
working and turn their attention to macad-
amzng or filling the soft places, which in a
few years would give us good solid roads.
Rus.